Cannot get into Aministrator account on Windows 7 starter

[da bloop]

First off, I'm horrible with computers. My laptop just recently broke and until i can get it fixed (or rather, buy a new one for college), i am trying to use my friends netbook that he gave me when he left for the military. His account has administrative priveleges,i don't know his password, and I cannot get a hold of him.

I have already tried typing "net user administrator /active:yes" and all i get is an error (even in safe mode). I have also tried searching for "secpol.msg" in the start bar, but nothing comes up.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Chaoss86]

Have you made sure that when you 'search' for cmd, don't press enter... right click and "run as administrator" then try again

[da bloop]

yes, I made sure to try and run as administrator, but it keeps giving me "windows error 5" or something like that when i try and make a net user administrator.
When i try and use user account controls to change my account to an administrator it doesn't save the changes, and says nothing about access being denied.

[mblunk]

Try this: Hit winkey+R to open the Run prompt, and enter "control userpasswords2". Under the Advanced tab, click "advanced" under advanced user management, open Users, right-click the administrator account and hit properties, then uncheck "account is disabled."

[Nr Dick]

Reboot in safe mode. There's a hidden administrator account that you can use to remove the password.

[bohb]

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Make a bootable CD or USB stick.